November 2009
Please Interpret
I just woke up from a nap and I am struggling to remember/understand this amazing dream I had. It’s like it was so complex that it’s completely over my head. (Dream Caroline is way smart, y’all.)
This girl and I were conducting this sort of experiment that was less about experimentation and more about watching things unfold. Somehow the belongings (specifically a pool and...
Anya Marina - Whatever You Like (TI cover)
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The Perks of Living With Your Grandmother
Some people have bowls of fruit on their kitchen tables. We have a bowl of lollipops.
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His Girl Took a Week's Worth of Valium and Slept
Went to a concert tonight. It was boring but my outfit was cool. (Possible title for my autobiography?) The only high point was a faithful cover of The Verve Pipe’s “The Freshman.”
“I should be content
to look at a mountain
for what it is
and not as a comment...”
– David Ignatow
The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
You...
I Like To Look For Things No One Else Catches
Lately I have the tendency to interrupt people’s private, happy moments at work:
- a bellman doing a silly dance as he walks around the hall corner
- a house porter gently crooning “I’ll Make Love To You” as he zips up his fly, coming out of the men’s room
I am the unintentional spy of surreptitious joys.
“I’m sorry I’m hard to live with. Living is the problem for me.”
– Rilo Kiley, A Man/Me/Then Jim
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I Bet John Donne Was An Island Sometimes
I’m beginning to realize that there is a certain kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with being alone. While the natural reaction is to reach out to someone else, this kind of loneliness is actually aggravated by talking to other people. Trying to remedy it through interaction leaves one feeling frustrated and drained, like spending the day at work with a very bad cold.
Other useless...
File Under: Couples I Wish Were Still Together
Paul Thomas Anderson and Fiona Apple.
It just makes a lot of sense to me.
Nicole Atkins - The Way It Is
I like to turn the...
When I Was Young, I Never Needed Anyone
I really, really don’t know how to be a grownup, ok? I kind of didn’t realize (care) that it was a BIG DEAL to register your car on time. I got a ticket. And then I tried to pay the ticket online and it told me that it hadn’t been entered into the system yet and they’d email me. (What? You’ll email ME when it’s CONVENIENT for me to pay YOU? I hate this.) And...
How To Succeed In The Hotel Business Without...
It’s strange how after a couple of 13 hour work days you start to feel a little bit invincible. You have thighs like tree trunks from standing for 8 hours and then lifting and squatting with stacks of dinner plates for another 5. You consider taking on another job. They’re hiring a new bellman? Bring it on! you think.
And then you come home at noon one day and pass out for four...
